SARAS partners with international network on integrated water resources management Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is the main strategy that this association is promoting between actors and institutions linked to the use and management of water resources as a means to achieve water security and sustainable development. It seeks to promote the coordinated [...]

A week of learning and exchange to close 2018 activities SARAS Institute had an intense but very enriching closing of the year with the development of different activities during the first days of December. This year, the central theme of the activities revolved around ecosystem services and the [...]

SARAS present at COP24 in Poland The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) took place from 3 to 14 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland. SARAS Institute participated as part of the project LatinoAdapta: "Strengthening links between science and [...]

SARAS holds international course on social-ecological systems research in Latin America The course entitled "An introduction to social-ecological systems research in Latin America", developed within the context of the SARAS 2018 Public Conference "Ecosystem services knowledge development and decision making", took place last December 2nd to 6th at the headquarters [...]

SARAS 2018 Eighth Public Conference will focus on ecosystem services and management to ensure sustainability The term "ecosystem services" is defined as the set of goods and services that human societies obtain, directly or indirectly, from ecosystems. They are classified as support services (primary production, nutrient cycling, soil formation, etc.); regulation [...]

New SARAS Chair on Sociocultural Anticipation and Resilience was presented at Executive Tower The UNESCO Chair on Sociocultural Anticipation and Resilience based at SARAS Institute was presented last October 26th, 2018 through two events held at the Executive Tower in Montevideo, Uruguay.. In the morning, a meeting was held with different [...]

Conference and book presentation: “Transforming the Future. Anticipation in the 21st Century” “Transforming the Future. Anticipation in the 21st Century” constitutes the first event organized by the recently approved UNESCO Chair on Sociocultural Anticipation and Resilience based at SARAS Institute. This activity will include a presentation by Riel Miller (leader [...]

New contribution on the potential of present actions in relation to the possible future trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene Human beings constantly interact with the environment in the same way that our environment continually interacts with us. That is because we are part of an integrated whole, often [...]

Executive Director of SARAS presents results from LatinoAdapta during the Climate Week in Montevideo From August 20 to 23 the Latin America & Caribbean Climate Week 2018 took place in Montevideo, Uruguay. This event tried to advance climate action at a regional level with the goal of supporting the “implementation of [...]

Colloquium “Climate Policies: Challenges and perspectives" full recording The colloquium “Climate Policies: Challenges and perspectives", an activity co-organized by SARAS Institute and Konrad Adenauer Foundation Montevideo, took place last September 13th at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Montevideo. The speakers of the event were Prof. Eduardo Viola, [...]